In Call Us What We Carry, Amanda Gorman uses her powerful voice and incredible talent to explore the toll of racial discrimination and the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from the loss and grief, Amanda encourages readers to unite with words of hope and healing. Call Us What We Carry also includes "The Hill We Climb," the poem she read at the Presidential inauguration, which moved me to tears (again!) Poetry isn't a genre I usually read because, frankly, I don't understand it a lot of times. But Call Us What We Carry is written in an easy-to-understand yet powerful way that I didn't want to end—a remarkable place to start if you'd like to explore poetry.